New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
NEED OF NEW ARMOR1ES.
PLIGHT OF THE NINTH REGIMENT.

IT'S URGENT REASONS FOR DEMANDING A NEW
HOME.
By the advice of the Armory Board the Sinking
Fund Commissioners have authorized the issue OF
bonds to the amount of $780, to the cost Of
srmorcs for the sth and 22d Regiments. The new
srmory for the 18th Regiment will be ready for in
few weeks, and the regiment vii 60 into it in excel
lent condition. There remain the 9th, 11th Goth
and list Regiments provided with good quarters.
The 9th Regiment numbers more than 500 men
and at the annual inspection last autumn there were
400 men present The misfortunes Of the 9th Reg
ment, to which publicity was given In The TRIBUNE
msnd ''A' The LID" 9th Regiment armorv. 10,
sSs oo na Es Sdns
% q stable. The building is unsafe, and only small
number of Is allowed to drill at any one time on
account of the weakness Of the walls which could not
stand the vibrations caused by a large body OF men
marching at regular step.
The It'll regiment armory is on the East SIDE near
f3stb Regiment il chartered in the building at Third
ave and Seventh The building and ground are the
property of the city and all the S far the beat
quarters occupied by any OF the commands mentioned
those Of the 7lst Regiment; T., It, ; asm0ry is a,
excellent one but the building does not come up To
the modern idea Of an armory It was incorrectly Re-
ported few days ago that the Sinking Fund Cs, the
eoners had also authorized the issue of hHos 70 the
amount of 1890. 900 to build ep Asnory for the ooth
ReSims.t and Colonel Cav-nagh received many mes;
TO tell them that it was untrue.
member of the 9th Regiment said to TRIBUNE
reporter recently:
know that coione seward hard and faithfully
70 s us ss,a a r. hse mas plot
the Arniory Board but his communications were either
TS %sH law
STATE National G Il ssg. IN on
ton Of the colonel Of for new quarters the Ar"o
found good of the command the board shall
We have trying the public to the fact tina,
hers the advertising sereCPcon at Broadway 1ns ana
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table The was made under the OLD law sa1 the
the Aldermen the
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and the colonel WAS requested to submit the ATmCTy
sSs se.ese% Consisting 1 twenty EsGSa
between Eighty third and Eghy'fourth sts the value OF
1 The matter was allowed to res. Blu. in the
Bcar seVerai lines with different plots he get
:r or not
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81 Appeals would that decision andCn December
S SsSst against and
s 'o. 9 SoSndea BY nS.s
S200O0u and the property bounded
by Manhattan Eigtaves. and One hundred andourth
the city for $4,000 less The Board decided however
expensive and that the locations were
not suitable for purposes.
making the Mayor commissioner OF Pubic WorKs
President Department OF Taxes and Assessments and
She the National Guard in the City OF
In 1856 aud regiments into divisions
the senior officers Colonel EniDons clark ana
General Louis Fitzgerald Even before the board convened
tina, year. Colonel Seward made reQuson Tor new
armOry accompanied by the following pos One OF thirty
lots block bounded Eighth and Ninth and
between Fifty eighth and Fifty ninth sts
Colonel Seward said the other day that the fore
going statement true i'll every respect and added:
have extremely hard to keep my command to
gether the
In OF want new arnory. and II would be the
Of making fine as there Is IN the
State Colonel SCOTS has down IN
Of being In lad LOCALITY and wretched build
ing There not regiment the state which would not DO
the under like circumstances The present idea OF III
armosy bull ling strong that lew men could guard
Be- Hs" an open place easy Of access, and in
DeghbOrhood With the present aimories, except
those 9TH 18Th Regiments IL would be impossible
colonel his into the street OF rot
regiment nowadays 10 be success must be military
clu principle clearly demonstrated LII the eth kegi
have attractive place in which TO assemble for drill OF
social and natural result Young men are
Join IL. The building up OF regiment is done
through individual members and uness the associations
them they will their friends 10 JON,
will they enlist when their time All the National
Nation will have when needed OF do
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